Substances in food that your body needs for growth and development.
Nutrients
The energy in food, or used up by activity, is meaasured in a unit called a
Calorie
The natural physical drive to eat when your body needs food is
Hunger
The psychological desire for food is referred to as
Appetite
An environmental factor that influences food choices is
Time
Starches and sugars in food that provide most of the body's energy
Carbohydrates
Tough, complex carb that the body cannot digest
Fiber
Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain it's cells and tissues
Proteins
Waxy, fat like substance found in blood
Cholesterol
Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes
vitamins
A substance added to food to improve it's taste, texture, of appearance is called a
Food additive
The amount of a nutrient that you need each day is it's
Daily value
A disease caused by bacteria or viruses in food is know as a
Foodborne illness
A condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods is a
Food intolerance
A negative reaction to food that does not involve the immune system is a
Food allergy